CBA Winter General Meeting

Diver jumping off stern of boat, Gibramar project Neolithic-Early Bronze Age town at Pavlopteri in southern Greece

Archaeology under the Sea 2010

Monday 22 February, British Academy, London

The event will be held at the British Academy in London on 22 February, and will this year form part of a day dedicated to marine archaeology. The day will be led by George Lambrick, Chair of the Nautical Archaeology Society, with a keynote address given by Nic Flemming of the National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, and talks on subjects such as developments in submerged prehistoric landscape modelling, how to involve people in marine archaeology, and the archaeology of the Severn Estuary. Registration will commence at 10.30am with the programme starting at 11.00am and finishing late afternoon. The formal CBA business meeting will be held from midday to c 12.45pm and is free to CBA members. There is a small charge for the day as a whole (£10 for CBA members and £20­ for non-CBA members). Directions to the British Academy can be found here. A full programme is now available (PDF 165KB).

Places at the WGM may be booked online through our shop.

An agenda is now available as are the minutes from the last AGM.

The Winter General Meeting is usually held in February each year as part of a day symposium on the relationship between archaeology and a related discipline. The formal business of the meeting usually includes a Presidential address, a Director’s report, approval of new affiliate members, a financial report and a review of the membership fee structure.

Previous subjects for the WGM symposium have included:

  • Archaeology & history
  • Archaeology & geography
  • Archaeology & forensic science
  • Archaeology & medical science
  • Archaeology & music

The CBA also holds an Annual General Meeting each September/October to coincide with the Weekend Event.